Sports
Women’s swimming & diving host NESCACs
By Middlebury Campus
| February 25, 2010
The Middlebury women’s swimming and diving team hosted the NESCAC tournament this past weekend, finishing in a solid third place. The meet ran from Friday until Sunday, and the competition was tight throughout the three days. In the days leading up the meet, the ladies were working hard and staying ...
Men’s hockey enters postseason with two wins
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010The Middlebury men’s hockey team emerged victorious in the last weekend of regular season play, beating both Skidmore and Castleton State on the road. The Panthers are now skating into the playoffs with a six-game winning streak. The four-point weekend began with a 3-1 win over the Skidmore Thoroughbreds ...
Men's Basketball edges out Bantams
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010Before the Middlebury men’s basketball team could overcome the Trinity Bantams last Saturday, the Panthers headed into last week with one goal: to beat the Green Mountain College Eagles. Upon their exhausting trek to Poultney, Vt., the Panthers knew immediately that they would have their hands full. They ...
Women’s hockey finishes weekend and regular season with win, loss
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010After securing its place as host for this weekend’s NESCAC quarterfinal game against Hamilton, the women’s hockey team had a weekend of ups and downs at home. Ending their regular season with matchups against conference opponents, the women dropped last Friday’s game in a 4-2 upset to Bowdoin ...
Track & field returns home with several All-N.E. athletes
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010Last weekend both the men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Maine to compete in the New England Championships. While the men competed at Bates in a field of 20 other schools, the women were one of 25 teams running at the University of Southern Maine. While the women were overall more ...
Track takes MIT by storm
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010Last weekend the men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to participate in the MIT Co-ed Indoor Invitational, the last meet of the regular season. In what proved to be a very impressive showing, the teams turned in dominating performances with ...
Losses keep women’s basketball from playoffs
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010Following two losses this weekend, the Middlebury women’s basketball season has come to a close. The Panthers played Trinity away on Friday and suffered a tough loss of 65-46 to the Bantams. The women’s team had spent all week preparing and as a team felt ready for the competition. “It wasn’t ...
Men’s hockey turns up the heat in the season’s final stretch
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010The Middlebury men’s hockey team moved closer to the playoffs with a two-win weekend over UMass-Boston and Babson College. The men have won their past four games, including a stellar victory over Williams, the previously top-ranked NESCAC squad. This victory catapulted the men into second place in ...
Women’s hockey faces two new teams and an old foe
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010`Picking up four points on the road over the past week, the women’s hockey team looks to be shaping up nicely for post-season play. After earning a 1-1 tie with number one-ranked SUNY Plattsburgh last Wednesday, the Panthers demolished SUNY Potsdam on Friday in an 8-0 shutout. The SUNY schools faced ...
Ski teams face Big Green
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010Here at Middlebury, students are used to a general atmosphere of athletic success. The Middlebury sports teams routinely compete for NESCAC championships and often see action in National playoffs as well. It has become something Panther fans expect out of their athletic teams. This week, Middlebury ...
Log rolling seeks to gain status as new club sport
By Middlebury Campus
| February 18, 2010
Abby Hoeschler ’10 has been log rolling since the age of four. Her mother is a seven-time world champion. Her oldest sister, Katie Hoeschler ’03.5, is the current world champion. Together with her sisters Katie and Elizabeth Hoeschler ’05, who started teaching log rolling on campus when they attended ...
Panthers cross 20-win mark on season for second straight year
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010Seventh-ranked Middlebury men’s basketball continued its NESCAC rampage this past weekend at Trinity and Amherst with two double-digit victories to finish off regular season play against league rivals. The Panthers, 21-2 on the season, knocked off Trinity, at 10-12, on the road 71-57 last Friday ...
Carnival gears up for 87th year
By Middlebury Campus | February 18, 2010The thrills and excitement from Vancouver are coming to Middlebury College next weekend as the Olympic-themed Winter Carnival kicks off next Thursday, Feb. 25. The theme, “Go Gold,” seems even more fitting given that two Middlebury alums, Simeon Hamilton ’09 and Garrott Kuzzy ’06, are competing ...
Men’s hockey proves advantage is at home
By Middlebury Campus
| February 11, 2010
The Middlebury men’s hockey team showed an impressive response to its disappointing performances on Jan. 23 and 24, emerging victorious in games against NESCAC powerhouses Colby and Bowdoin on Jan. 29 and 30, respectively. The Panthers followed those wins up by topping fifth-ranked Plattsburgh, 5-3, ...
Panther squash finishes strong in NESCAC play
By Middlebury Campus
| February 11, 2010
As in collegiate rankings and prestige, the NESCAC is the “Little Ivy League” when it comes to squash. While the Ivy League claims seven of the top ten teams in both men’s and women’s college squash heading into nationals, the NESCAC boasts seven of the top 20 — including top-ranked Trinity ...
Panthers work hard over February break to maintain staying power
By Middlebury Campus | February 11, 2010The Middlebury basketball team began its Feb Break with a highly anticipated matchup against Williams College, a fellow member of the national top 10 in Division III. Middlebury went into the game without its top scorer and rebounder Ryan Sharry ’12, but received a number of exceptional individual ...